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05 February 2013

Pulling the Plug
seen at 20:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
The water level in one of the Wonders of Snowdonia is be lowered this week in order to complete important repairs.
Guidance: Department for Transport regulated agents and in-flight suppliers
seen at 18:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Regulated agents list updated.

Contact number for all enquiries phone: 020 7944 6430 email: transec.cargo@dft.gsi.gov.uk Communication with in-flight supplies inspectors

Please send...

Supporting survivors of rape and sexual abuse
seen at 18:30, 5 February in (Our copy).
Supporting survivors of rape and sexual abuse
Half-term happiness in the National Park
seen at 18:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
It will soon be time to take a February break from school and routine, with a full week for play-time in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
Yorkshire Dales National Park - 12 years of success for National Park Authority
seen at 18:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has done it again.
Free advice to woodland owners could boost local economy
seen at 18:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
People who own woods across the South Downs National Park are being offered free advice on how to manage their land to support wildlife and the local economy.
CareMoor - donate online
seen at 18:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
Donations to CareMoor for Exmoor, the National Park Conservation and Access Fund, can now be made online.
Once Brewed Centre's winning ways used to train new National Park visitor ambassadors
seen at 18:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
Following their success at winning the prestigious North East England Tourism, Best Information Provider Award on Friday, the staff of Once Brewed National Park Centre will be using their winning ways to train a...
Chance for Young Northumbrians to develop their potential in Sweden
seen at 18:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
The search is on for young people with talent and ambition from the rural upland areas around Otterburn, Rothbury, Alnwick, Wooler and Hexham to take part in an all-expenses-paid adventure and personal development...
New funding for South Downs communities' sustainable transport projects
seen at 18:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
Businesses, parish councils, voluntary groups and not for profit organisations are being called to take advantage of a new fund for projects which encourage people to travel sustainably to and in the South Downs...
Conservation Award recognises the work of individuals and groups on Dartmoor
seen at 18:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
In this the 60th anniversary year of Dartmoor's designation as a National Park, the 2011 winners of Dartmoor National Park Authority's biennial Edward Morshead Award have been announced. Popular BBC presenter Judi...
National Park Award nominations sought
seen at 18:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
Nominations are being sought by Dartmoor National Park Authority for its Edward Morshead Award 2013. The Award recognises those who have made significant contributions to conservation, enjoyment, and sustainability...
Open again for information...and so much more
seen at 18:30, 5 February in National Parks News (Our copy).
Two national park information centres will be re-opening after refurbishments when half-term Lake District visitors start coming through their doors at the weekend.
Two firms fined after worker injured in fall
seen at 18:30, 5 February in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Two firms have been fined after a driver was injured when he fell from the top of a heavy goods vehicle.

Worker’s fall leads to fine for paint firm
seen at 18:30, 5 February in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Walsall paint manufacturer has been fined for safety failings after a worker fell nearly three metres while installing a mezzanine floor.

Kent supervisor fined for harbour dive failings
seen at 18:30, 5 February in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

The supervisor of a diving project at Ramsgate Royal Harbour Marina has been fined for failing to ensure a standby diver was ready to enter the water in the event of an emergency.

Tree firm fined after teenage worker loses toes on wood chipper
seen at 18:30, 5 February in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A teenage worker just three weeks into his first job sustained a serious foot injury while using a poorly maintained wood chipper without adequate supervision or training, a court has heard.

Correspondence: Employing members of the Armed Forces as retained firefighters: ministerial letter
seen at 16:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Letter from Fire Minister Brandon Lewis asking Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Authority to remove its policy of not employing servicemen and servicewoman as retained firefighters.

Corporate report: DECC Annual Staff Survey 2012
seen at 16:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Results from the 4th annual DECC staff survey.

Corporate report: MOD top level messages
seen at 16:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added Feb 2013 top level messages

The Ministry of Defence top level messages help defence personnel and external audiences understand the MOD’s position on current departmental issues each month...

Statistical data set: Live tables on homelessness
seen at 16:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated live table 784a.

Table 770: Decisions taken by local authorities under the 1996 Housing Act on applications from eligible households

MS Excel...

Open consultation: Driving test language support
seen at 16:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated figures for car theory and practical driving tests taken in 2011/12 in the consultation document and impact assessment

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) wants to know your views on removing...

Consultation outcome: Registration of charges created by companies and limited liability partnerships
seen at 16:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Draft regulations, explanatory notes and an impact assessment on the registration of company charges added.

Purpose of the consultation

To ensure that any changes to the current scheme takes account...

Impact assessment: Energy Bill impact assessments
seen at 16:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: New version of contracts for difference (published February 2013) published.

Impact Assessments provide the costs and benefits associated with each of the policy areas included in the Act (published...

Sport-in-brief- your weekly update from the high performance sports community
seen at 16:31, 5 February in UK Sport (Our copy).
This week's update includes news and results from Athletics, Badminton, Bobsleigh, Boxing, Hockey and Short Track Speed Skating
Birmingham builder fined for illegal asbestos removal
seen at 16:30, 5 February in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Birmingham builder has been fined after causing young children and their parents to be potentially exposed to asbestos on the street where he lives, as well as risking exposure himself.

Colombian drug trafficker jailed for 24 years
seen at 16:30, 5 February in National Crime Agency - Home (Our copy).

SOCA foil plot to supply 299 kilos of cocaine

Guidance: JTTP 4-05: operational infrastructure
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

JTTP 4-05: The purpose of this JTTP is to set out the doctrine and procedures required for the effective development of the operational estate.

Guidance: Direction from the Secretary of State on calculating penalties for operating an EU ETS activity without a permit
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

This is a Direction to the regulator made under the powers in Section 40 of the Environment Act 1995 and regulation 37 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.

Guidance: Secretary of State direction on calculating small emitter opt-out emission targets
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

This is a Direction to the regulator made under the powers in Section 40 of the Environment Act 1995.

Corporate report: Payment by results for troubled families
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Report on a the design phase of a project that worked with 4 local authorities to address issues faced by troubled families, using payment by results (PBR) and social impact bonds (SIBs) or similar investments...

Guidance: Social impact bonds: how-to guide for commissioners
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Guidance for commissioners who want to design payment by results (PbR) programmes supported by or paid for via social impact bonds (SIBs) or similar instruments, and estimate the potential savings resulting...

Form: Social Outcomes Fund: how to apply
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Expression of interest form and guidance to apply for funding from the Social Outcomes Fund.

Find out more about the fund and examples of eligible projects.

Statistical data set: Estimates of home insulation levels in Great Britain
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Link to National Archives added.

DECC publish quarterly updates on the number of homes in Great Britain with Cavity Wall Insulation, Loft Insulation and Solid Wall Insulation. These estimates are...

Guidance: Department for Transport regulated agents and in-flight suppliers
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated regulated suppliers list added.

Contact number for all enquiries phone: 020 7944 6430 email: transec.cargo@dft.gsi.gov.uk Communication with in-flight supplies inspectors

Please...

Corporate report: Top level messages
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added Feb 2013 top level messages

Top level messages are updated on a monthly basis and represent the Ministry of Defence’s position on these subjects.

Guidance: JSP 886: volume 02: inventory management
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated parts 3, 5 and 6

Volume 2 (inventory management): policy and procedures for the management of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) materiel inventory.

Message from Alan Langlands, Chief Executive (February 2013)
seen at 14:31, 5 February in HEFCE news (Our copy).
In January I attended a London Higher roundtable discussion at the British Medical Association, in which issues of interest and concern for London’s higher education sector were discussed. A subsequent meeting with...
£30 million to lead global computing technology
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon George Osborne, has visted STFC's Daresbury Laboratory to announce a major new investment.
Gamma ray camera will give new insights into the birth and evolution of stars
seen at 14:31, 5 February in Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases (Our copy).
A major step forward in our understanding of the structure and behaviour of some of the most elusive atomic nuclei in existence, some of which occur only briefly on the surface of exploding stars, is now taking ...
HM Revenue & Customs – Come See Events
seen at 14:30, 5 February in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Come See Events’ are the largest cross government business support roadshows of their kind, dedicated to providing free information and support to newly formed small and medium sized businesses. Find an...

Man jailed for £200m money laundering racket
seen at 14:30, 5 February in National Crime Agency - Home (Our copy).

Prolific money launderer targeted by SOCA

Impact assessment: Energy Bill impact assessments
seen at 11:30, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Amended Impacts Assessments added

Impact Assessments provide the costs and benefits associated with each of the policy areas included in the Act (published in November 2012, unless stated otherwise...

Gambling Commission on call at ICE Totally Gaming 2013
seen at 11:30, 5 February in Gambling Commission - Latest news (Our copy).
The Gambling Commission will use ICE Totally Gaming 2013 event to remind industry stakeholders to make use of the confidential intelligence telephone line.
Convicted criminal forced to hand over nearly £20,000
seen at 11:30, 5 February in Gambling Commission - Latest news (Our copy).
A man from Preston who ran illegal money lending and gambling businesses has been forced to forfeit nearly £20,000.
Birmingham builder fined for illegal asbestos removal
seen at 11:30, 5 February in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

A Birmingham builder has been prosecuted after he exposed himself and potentially young children and their parents to asbestos on the street where he lives.

Open consultation: Driving test language support
seen at 10:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) wants to know your views on removing the language support given to some driving test candidates.

At the moment, learner drivers and riders can:

take a theory...
Statistics: Final UK emissions estimates
seen at 10:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest statistical release and 2011 dataset added

This is a National Statistics publication and complies with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

This publication provides the...

Message from Alan Langlands, Chief Executive (February 2013)
seen at 10:30, 5 February in HEFCE news (Our copy).
In January I attended a London Higher roundtable discussion at the British Medical Association, in which issues of interest and concern for London’s higher education sector were discussed. A subsequent meeting with...
Beyond Safety Culture: Improving behaviours in your organisation – London 20 March 2013
seen at 10:30, 5 February in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

This practical and interactive seminar, will equip you with an awareness of: Using the safety climate tool (SCT), incorporating it into a wider behavioural change programme, developing suitable interventions ...

Draft Pensions Bill on new state pension and increase to state pension age
seen at 10:30, 5 February in TPAS News (Our copy).

The draft Pensions Bill was published on 18 January 2013.  The Work and Pensions Select Committee will scrutinise the Bill before it is put before Parliament.  The Bill is likely to change as it makes...

Police Recorded Road Casualties in Wales - Quarter 3 2012 (provisional)
seen at 09:31, 5 February in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This Statistical Release presents the number of casualties in Wales resulting from personal injury road accidents.
Weekly Provisional Figures on Deaths Registered in England and Wales - Week Ending 25/01/2013
seen at 09:31, 5 February in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions - 2011 Final figures
seen at 09:31, 5 February in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Presents results for UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as well as performance against targets.
Weekly Fuel Prices - 4 February 2013
seen at 09:31, 5 February in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel
Local Government Finance (Brandon Lewis)
seen at 09:31, 5 February in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

I have today laid before the House the “Local Government Finance Report (England) 2013-14 (HC 948)”. This report establishes the starting point for each local authority in England in the new business...

Committee on Climate Change (Triennial Review) (Gregory Barker, Minister of State (Climate Change), Energy and Climate Change)
seen at 09:31, 5 February in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

I am announcing today that the Department of Energy and Climate Change has commenced the first triennial review of the Committee on Climate Change. Triennial reviews of non-departmental public bodies are part...

Police Grant Report England and Wales (2013-14) (Damian Green, Minister of State (Immigration), Home Office)
seen at 09:31, 5 February in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

My right hon. Friend, the Home Secretary, has today laid before the House, the “Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2013-14” (HC 876). The report sets out my right hon. Friend’s, determination...

National Security in Northern Ireland (Theresa Villiers, Minister of State (Rail and Aviation), Transport)
seen at 09:31, 5 February in Written Ministerial Statements (Our copy).

The Government have received and welcomed the annual report from Lord Carlile of Berriew on the operation of arrangements for handling national security matters in Northern Ireland for the period 22 November ...

Research and analysis: Public attitudes tracking survey: wave 4
seen at 09:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has set up a tracking survey to understand and monitor public attitudes to its main business priorities.

Here you will find headline findings from ...

Statistical data set: Weekly fuel prices
seen at 09:31, 5 February in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Latest version of table published.

DECC publishes weekly, monthly and annual prices for petroleum products including road fuels and fuels used for home heating.

Table updated each Tuesday...

Making Sense of Risk Assessment – Once and for all, Manchester, 27 March 2013
seen at 09:30, 5 February in HSE RSS feeds (Our copy).

Afternoon meeting of Manchester Occupational Health and Safety Group (MOHSG) that includes the above talk by Chris Jerman, John Lewis Partnership. An HSE Workplace officer will be in attendance.

Draft Pensions Bill on new state pension and increase to state pension age
seen at 09:30, 5 February in TPAS News (Our copy).

Draft Pensions Bill on new state pension and increase to state pension age 

  The draft Pensions Bill was published on 18 January 2013.  The Work and Pensions Select Committee will scrutinise...
Police Recorded Road Casualties in Wales - Quarter 3 2012 (provisional)
seen at 02:30, 5 February in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
This Statistical Release presents the number of casualties in Wales resulting from personal injury road accidents.
Weekly Provisional Figures on Deaths Registered in England and Wales - Week Ending 25/01/2013
seen at 02:30, 5 February in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Weekly death figures provide provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest eight weeks for which data are available.
UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions - 2011 Final figures
seen at 02:30, 5 February in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Presents results for UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as well as performance against targets.
Weekly Fuel Prices - 4 February 2013
seen at 02:30, 5 February in Latest UK National Statistics releases (Our copy).
Weekly prices of unleaded petrol and diesel